Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Running with Grace

Anyway, Jonah and I went to DogStar today for a lesson. It went really well. To some extent it's just a lot of practice and repetitions back and forth over the DW, but I just feel so much better having Grace's eyes on us, and she challenges us more than I do on my own. We did different entries (straight ahead, jumps with tight turns, tunnels) and exits (jump straight ahead, tunnel straight ahead, pushes and pulls to jumps and tunnels, RCs, FCs...). It's so luxurious to have a full size space! It was also fun to string together little sequences that involved two DWs. cool!

Jonah was overall great. He did miss a couple of hard pushes, but it's good to know our limits. I was encouraged by the full lesson. Grace supports us in our decision to try running in the trial this weekend :).

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Jonah

Jonah is a 5 year old All-American who joined our family when he was about 18 months (June 2010). He was terrified of staplers, doorways, sticks, and men. We've learned agility together--first as a way to gain confidence, and now as a passion. He's steady and reliable, but struggles with reactivity and trial anxiety.

Nika

Nika, an English Shepherd, is the newest member of our family. She was born on April 14, 2012 and came to live with us at eight weeks. She is very bright, loves life to the fullest, and always keeps us on our toes! In agility, she has a lot of potential and we're learning to work as a team.